Last modified: 2014-03-28 23:26:39 UTC
Hi, I find the increase (green) or decrease (red) in the number of bytes not self-explanatory. I suggest a roll-over with the pointer show "144 characters less" or something alike.
Since r104085 there's a tooltip on those numbers saying the total size of the page.
Related URL: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/65139 (Gerrit Change I9649b0edf33519b0f934ec1635438d14b4614a8d)
I agree that using bytes instead of characters as a measurement is not clear for a lot of users. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/65139/ Is a simple change I made containing two new messages and adding "characters less" and "characters more" to the tooltip when you hover over a green or red number in your watchlist. (A note: jenkinsbot doesn't like this file, I dont think its me if so could someone confirm so I could clean it.)
Change 65139 abandoned by Siebrand: (bug 34496) Added line to watchlist tooltip displaying the difference in characters more/less. This makes the user interface more user friendly not everyone knows that a character is one byte. - added temporary variable to reduce line length - removed whi Reason: I'm abandoning this as this change hasn't had any love in a long time. There are open comments and it doesn't merge any more. Can be restored if author wants to work on it again. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/65139
